Baha'u'llah

Baha'u'llah (12 November 1817-29 May 1892), born Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri, was a Persian religious leader and the founder of the Baha'i faith, which advocates peace and unity among all races, nations, and religions. Following his death in Acre in 1892, his son Abdu'l-Baha became the new leader of the faith.

Biography
Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri was born in Tehran, Persia in 1817, and, at the age of 27, he became a follower of the Bab, a Persian merchant who began preaching that God would soon send a prophet similar to Jesus or Muhammad. The Bab and thousands of followers were executed by the authorities for their beliefs, and Baha'u'llah was forced into exile in Baghdad. In 1863, he claimed to be the expected prophet who the Bab foretold, and he claimed that religion is renewed periodically by manifestations of God, people whose teachings are the sources of major world religions throughout history. Baha'u'llah faced further imprisonment under Ottoman authorities in Edirne and then in Acre, where he spent the final 24 years of his life.